Modeling transport and deposition of the Mekong River sediment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2012, Pages 66-78

  Xue, Zuo ^a   He, Ruoying ^a   Liu, J Paul ^a   Warner, John C ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coupled sediment transport modeling; Mekong River delta; Sediment budget; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; DOWNWELLING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HINDCASTING; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESUSPENSION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84862782799     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.02.010     Document Type: Article

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